Accreditation Support Rural Michigan Dental Hygiene School Launch

Nov 6, 2025

To address severe dental workforce shortages in Northern Michigan, this project will help the college prepare internal systems and staff to meet accreditation standards for a new dental hygiene program. By strengthening evaluation tools, attending national...

Collaborative Workforce Training: SNF Residents’ Oral Care

Feb 17, 2025

To improve oral health for older adults in skilled nursing facilities, Lansing Community College Dental Hygiene students will provide direct dental care and train facility staff in basic oral care techniques at Dimondale Nursing Care Center, with oversight from...

Wellbeing with Implant-Overdentures for Michigan Seniors

Feb 17, 2025

To improve the oral health and well-being of older adults with ill-fitting dentures, the Michigan Community Dental Clinics (MCDC), in partnership with the University of Michigan, will offer implant overdentures, a treatment that uses small implants to secure dentures...

Dental Therapy Education Scholarship Program

Feb 17, 2025

Partnership with the Delta Dental Foundation to address Oral Health Disparities through the development of a Dental Therapist scholarship fund to support the training of the first dental therapists in Michigan.

Training Community Health Workers and Certified Peer Support Specialists to Promote Oral Health: The Family Oral Health Project

Feb 17, 2025

The University of Michigan and community partners from the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will develop a series of digital educational modules on oral health for community health workers (CHWs) and...

Enhancing Michigan WIC for Rural Families

Feb 17, 2025

This project will equip rural Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) staff in dental professional health shortage areas with the education and tools necessary to support good oral health among their clients at an early age. By engaging WIC staff in the Brush! oral health...

Parental and Caseworker Engagement in Medical/Mental Health Decision Making

Feb 17, 2025

This project aims to improve the physical, oral, and dental health of children in foster care by creating learning collaboratives across the state and improving parent and caregiver engagement and health literacy. learning collaboratives will include representatives...

Creating a Dental Home for Low-Income Kent County Seniors: A Community-Based Approach

Feb 17, 2025

Michigan Oral Health Coalition will develop a cost-effective integration model to increase oral health literacy and access to oral health care services among low-income seniors. Staff from Cherry Hill, a federally qualified health center, will provide oral health...

Coordinated Care for the Homeless: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Feb 17, 2025

Volunteers of America Michigan will improve access and lower costs for comprehensive care to individuals experiencing homelessness in Lansing. Volunteers of America Michigan will expand service to five days a week, providing behavioral and physical health services, as...